The
Illustrated Jataka : Other Stories of the Buddha by C.B. Varma
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097 - Vipassi Buddha / विपस्सी बुद्ध |
पालि परम्परा
में विपस्सी उन्नीसवें बुद्ध माने जाते हैं।
उनका जन्म बन्धुमती के खेम-उद्यान में हुआ था।
उनकी माता का नान भी बन्धुमती था। उनके पिता का नाम
बन्धुम था, जिनका गोत्र कोनडञ्ञ था। उनका विवाह
सूतना के साथ हुआ था जिससे उन्हें समवत्तसंघ नामक पुत्र की प्राप्ति हुई थी। Vipassi Buddha on the panel Cave 17, Ajanta I n the Pali tradition Vipassi Buddha is identified as the nineteenth of the twenty-four Buddhas. Born of the father Bandhuma and mother Bandhumati in the Khema Park at a place called Bandhumati he belonged to the Kondanna clan ( gotta ). He was married to Sutana and had a son Samavattakkhandha. He
renounced the worldly life on chariot; and practised austerities for eight
months. Then he sat on the foot of the patali
tree; and just before his Enlightenment he accepted the milk-rice from
Daughter-of-Sudassana-Setthi; and sat on the seat prepared for him by
Sujat. He delivered his first sermon at Khemamigadaya to his step-brother
Khandha and his priests son Tissa. His chief attendant was Asoka.
Chanda and Chandamitta were his chief women disciples. Punabbasummitta and
Naga were his principal male patrons; and Sirima and Uttara were the chief
women patrons. He died at the age of eighty thousand. During the Age of Vipassi Buddha the present Bodhisatta lived as a Naga king with the name Atula; and had the privilege of having offered a golden seat embossed with jewels to Vipassi Buddha.
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